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THE PATRIOT PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT GREENSBORO. N. C, , * ALDKIGOT, \r.l.l>lll.l> IN i-.'i :.*a eat, »II«1 best New»- ' State! i ,(• Proprietor: , riablj i i ariraaee: .* month* $1.25. .., ■ g PoetSge. - wWoHbw will - Of ADVEBTIBINO. enti payable ID ad- . • nemenU quarterly In, •.'in 3tu Cm »'* •i IS »" •« 1 i - 12 Its - 10 IB '24 T 19 SO 30 tr, 18 at 36 ia l- M :io 00 r,o HI .Ml BO 14U .. and I.-CHIB lifty per ! I :ii*trator«' oo-i | mmet. bla eolamn »<lT«rti»«- Professional Cr .a .i i.. Jons N.STATUS. MENDENHALL & STAPLES, VTTOUNKYS AT LAW, <ilti: EKSBORO, N.C., i.l, Koek- Stokes, Kan- . I'. s. Circuit and :. *;iten to ■ SUM, ud to I Cl irl Uonee. _ The Greensboro Patriot. Established in 1821. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1876. {New Series No. 452. For the Patriot. A WISH. 11Y " K.MI'MK" O would I were a little raj 8orue lonely life to cheer, Could I but 1 it-am acrom their path While on my journey here. For Ood han sent Hit love divine To beam upon my heart O thou who art HO truo and kind Help uif to bear my part. 0 could I know that I might do Some kindly act of love, That soinethiuK don**, for Jenui' pake My love for him might prove. For He hath done »o much for me, Hath died that I might live, And tbat I may tihow forth thy praise 1 pray ahleHMng give. O could I fee) that in my life Some goodly aecd I'd aowu, Tbat migbt be garnered up at laat, When ChriHt ahall claim IIIH own. For Ood hath MWfl Hie Weaned word In UB, to bring forth fruit; O may it spring up in my heart And ripen for Hie use. O Saviour could I fowl and know I have not lived in vain, That I have brightened »oiue one's lot And leasene<l some oue'e pain. Grant that I may ever grow In u-efulufs- and love And brightly shine a little ray To point to Heaven ahovo Thou bant done much, thou will do morv Thy blossiogs never cease And after life is over here Thou giv*st perfect peace. .In... A. tiilmer. & GtUmer ATTORNEY AT LAW. IKHUPTCT, in, oppo.it. iP : federal Court.. So, UftttOTI ill under Iut.r-i of \Vn.t.ru i < lleotteoa iu 205:17. . : K i . CALDWSLL. M oil' A t LLOWELL. IIKO, N. C. \\- i ...ri ui Covingtou, a Colonel of Hussars iu > lolph. Uarid- armv, > , Iredell .i.l Mecklen-of ill. i.n^n.boro and in i-ourti The Rebel Ranger: OB LOVE VERSUS PATRIOTISM. A Rerolutionary Story. • • • The gallant officer, who had come so bravely to the aid of Mr. Ashland, was Lord St. John *II* of mooer JO.-W. GLENN, ATTORNEY AT LAW . V, 0. n Count of the tion given to ,ii Dr. it. it Urc-irorj M ILLY • HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ■ Mil tuboro. FEES THE SAME AS THOSE [her Practicing • the lily inn\ \. i:\ititiM.I:K. ,1 A'l I'.OKNKY AT LAW, | onrta of Chuthain, ? .i: - hands will be Led to. v . - Photognpa H i.KKOOKY. i : BGOBF, ATTORNEYS ATL AW - .. Beat, tOKO, N. C. ii- : --.- and federal \\ i :n ran lie al- .:. '-'■■■ 'TC-ly. "DTA.&R. F.ROBERTSON, SUP. i: O N D E N T I S T S , y, ' *. of (hen can .'f be found . . ,i ofii .- on . -orner up stain, enUaiMM ' •-' U a r k e t SatistaotoTj ref-erence given, it 213 tf '" the British army, and one ot the bravest and noblest men who served bis King in America. A man of wealth, noble title, and military rank, he was also severe in battle, generous in doleat, and al all times a gentleman, while his personal appearance wa.i strikingly distinguished. From his first meeting with Maud Ashland be had been her tlevoted friend, and though an enemy, both the maiden and her father liked him exceedingly, and always wel-comed him to their home. Hiding aloug the onler line of pickets. Lord Coviugton had been told by one of the men that several men had gone forward on a recon-naisance, to suddenly come upon Maud and her lather in dire dis-tress. The gallant Englishman was no man to weigh odds when triends needed his aid, and at once had charged upon the scene with a re-sult already known to the reader. After looking viciously at the of-ficer for a moment, the leader of the cow boys said, rudely, •' I'll take yer waluables, my fiue bird, au' then we'll run yon up to yonder limb 'cause you desarve hangitt' for killin' some of my men, at. 'specially my poor brother—as for these fokeses, why the old gent can go aud git the gold to buy the gal an' nigger back." It was evident that the cow boys held the advantage and meant to keep it; but the threat did not cause a terror to Lord Covington for himself, but a terrible fear for poor Maud, and ho replied, " Uear me—I am your prisoner and you have power to hang me if you please—let this gentleman, his daughter and servant continue, aud 1 wiU remain with you, and by to-morrow you shall have what ran-som you ask—if not, then hang me up as soon as you please." " Ho, ho, he, he, you is to be banged anyhow, my fine Colonel, an' 1 gets my revenge by it, an' then the gal aud nigger must be ran-somed. " You see be in earnest, and then the old gent can go on, an' to-mor-row I'll meet bint here ; ef he meaus anv trap, why, I'll kill his gal, I will." The leader of the cow boys sud-denly pauseil,an expression oi alarm spreading over his face, tor distinct ly heard was the sound of coming hoofs. The next instant, like a human avalanche, there swept down a wood path a score of horsemen, and in their front rode a tall, splendid looking officer. With a promiscuous volley the cow ooys turned to tun, but with a wild yell the rangers were upon them, and the insolent leader fell dead trotn a sword cut dealt by the ranger Captain. While the rangers swept on after the living cow boys, their leader wheeled his horse alongside of the one ridden by Maud, and fondly embraced her, after which he warm-ly greeted Mr. Ashland, while he said, "Thank Heaven! I came on as I did—hearing you had been to the farm I rode on rapidly to try and overtake you." " My brave boy, we owe much to your timely arrival—but let me present you to Lord Covington, a Colonel of Hussars in the British army, end a gentleman who but now came to our aid single-handed, and had yon not arrived would PABLE doubtless have lost his life. Lord 1 I leani Covingtou, this is my son, Captain Morris Ashland, known as the 'Rebel Ranger.'" " I am glad to meet Captain Ash-land, and have to thank him for saving me from an ignominious death at the hands of reuegades, and I yield him my sword as his Mt IKD.-The under-to bin fnemlH i . ed fur the i t he, pro-n £ the past fall K . i one in: . and treat-to i'tMAl.KS, » ill) all the insirii- .■; in till" II s, also, pro-fit the eye A ear. I al the l.rui; A Son, when not ; K. W. GLENN THE i>::\!N<; STAB, . A . I'. ' . Ripaper bail} Newa-i i PAPER ' ty i f nearly eat Centre [TION: f 7 00 4110 i "\.\HI.K. Id KM lED, ■I Proprietor, ington, N. C ')- t> i! ::v HOI M: : \- BOKO, N.C. I'.II in the center of . !<i the Internal Kevw- S n.v LOCATED. .- y lun.i.hod. I. ruiaradnced to $156 PER DAY. thi Month on Term*. the ]'.-pot Free. J. Ii. FIELD. II: lame hlock tike \ou to any moderate ratee. --■ prisouer/andtheEnglishman spoke somewhat sadly, while the Ameri- I can frankly replied, " I accept your hand in friend-ship, Lord Covington, for I know of you as a gallant and generous enemy ; accident placed you in my hands, and I certainly will not con-sider you in the light of a prisoner; what is it, Cham pet" " One of the scouts report a body of British horse coming dowu the read, sir," replied the ranger ad dressed " In what force 1" quietly asked Morris Ashland. " Fully a hundred strong, air." " And we are but twenty; father, I am sorry to terminate this inter view abruptly, especially as I long to have a talk with yourself and Maud; but this is not a healthy neighborhood for the Rebel Ranger aud his men, and we must be off, for we are uot strong enough to give battle ; another timo, Lotd Coving-ton, 1 trust we may meet, sir." Quickly raising his hat to the Eng-lishman, and affectionately parting with bis father aud sister, not for-getting a kind word to the delight-ed negro, the Rebel Raugcr called to his men, and dashed away into the forest, just as a squadron of British cavalry came in sight around a bend in the road. They are my men, Mr. Ashland, doubtless in search of me; bat what a superb looking man your son is," said Lord Covington, earn-estly. Therein you pay yourself a compliment, Lord Covington, for 1 have always thought that you and Morris were strikingly alike, aud especially so now that I see my brother after mouths of separation," replied Maud, who, now that the danger was over, breathed freely once more. ilo certainly is a brave cud gal-lant gentleman, and bis noble con-duct to me I shall never forget, tor I was virtually bis prisoner." My brother would never do a mean act, Lord Covington." I believe you, Miss Ashland— well, Major Claremont, you are most welcome, but a tritie late to be of service ; anyhow, 1 thank you for coming as you did ; you see we have had .-.ouii- trouble here f " Yes, my lord ; Miss Ashland, I trust you have recovered from the frighl you doubtless received in wit-nessing a skirmish; my lord, who were your enemies, for I see here a decided mixture, a rebel trooper, by his uniform, and several of those pests called cow boys—ah ! there was some good swordsmanship done, I observe," and the loquacious major would have ruu ou at greater length, for, though a good soldier, he was au iucessaut talker, had not Lord t'ovington said, "we were at-tacked and made prisoner by the cow boys, and rescued by the Rebel Banger and his men." •Indeed! then that mounted terror cannot be faraway and I will go in pursuit—" •• Y'ou will do uo such thing, Ma-jor Claremont—we will return at once to the city," and Lord Coving-ton's tone proved he meant to be obeyed, while both Mr. Ashland and Maud bestowed upon him a look of thanks for his kindness in thus protecting the retreat of the Rebel Raugcr. When the cloaked stranger en-tered the mansion, where his ar-rival seemed to create surprise in the butler, James, that worthy-ushered him hurriedly iuto a room upon the left, which was a library. " Now Massa Morris, yon jist stay here, aud don't you poke your nose out o' dat door, or you mout loose your neck—I tell Missy Maud at once—"' " And my father, James—" " He am off at a big dinuer to uight, sab." So saying, the worthy James left the room, while the person, whom the reader has doubtless recognized as Morris Ashland, the Rebel Ranger, threw aside his heavy cloak aud hat, and appeared in civ-ilians attire. As he stood under the light of the caudles his face was plainly visible—darkly sun burnt, intelli-gent, and full of daring and de-termination. His eyes were black, restless and piercing, and his lip was sheltered by a dark moustache, an uncommon thing it. tr.en of that day, while his hair, worn rather long, was brushed back from his forehead. Morris Ashland was certainly a dashing, handsome fellow, and looked just what he was, one ot the most gallant officers iu the conti-nental army. A moment only had be to wait, and the door opened and in walked Maud Asbland, her face pale, her whole manner nervous. " Ah, Morris, my brotl er ! what have you done V and she threw her arms around her brothers neck aud burst into tears. •• I have simply come to see you anil father, Maud; but calm your-self sister mine, and tell me ail the news," and Morris spoke in a gay humor, as though little dreading his perlions situation. " But you have risked your life, in coming into the very center of your enemie's camp. " I risk my life every day, Mand, and it is for my country that I do so. •' Now I have come to see you and father, for I wish to ascertain some points for Washington, which you can readily find out." " I will do all that I can, Morris ; but how did you get into the city f " Crossed over in a light canos from the Jersey side, audlauded at a place I well know—" " But where were the British guards f " Oh ! I took a sentinel prisoner, and—" " Did yon kill him, brother V asked Maud iu alarm. " Oh no; merely jarred him a lit-tle, and putting on his coat and hat, I shouldered his musket and I awaited for some one to come and give me the countersign; well, an officer soon came along, aud I halted him, and from him I learned the pass-word of the night ; but who do you think it was I challenged 1 " I am certain I do not know—" " Tbat gallant and handsome fel-low. Lord Covington." " Ob, Morris!" " Yes, I recognized him ; bat lit-tle he thought who was the sentinel on duty." " Brother you make light ot your peril; but you are in deadly danger, and >on mast at once retrace your steps out of this city, or you are lost. " Tell me first all you wish me to do for you. and I will gather all the information 1 can, and will come to the farm in a few days and leave it there with Toby." " Maud, I will remain several days in the city—I can easily hide here, aud iu that time you and father can gain the news I require—" " Brother—if you are found here you will be hung as a spy—remem-ber the fate ot Andre, aud bow gladly wonld the British retaliate on you, if you were discovered here." " I know, Maud ; but a soldier must run risks—I promised Wash-ington I wonld ascertain for him certain intended movements by sea and land—" " All this I have here, for father and myself have not been idle ; it seems wrong for us to act as spies, yet it is for our loved laudjthat we thus degrade ourselves, and impose on those who trust us—here, Morris, are the papers, and now you must go," and Maud took from a desk a roll of papers, and thrust them into her brother's hand, who eagerly seized tbem. As be put them in bis inner pocket, a number of heavy steps resounded ou the piazza—it was the regula tramp ot soldiery, and, with a half cry of alarm, Maud Ashland fell back in a chair, half fainting from terror. " Come, Mand, this will never do, for do you not see that I have no chance of escape from this room, and presence of mind alone can save me now—introduce me as a Mr.—anybody, from England." Maud made an effort to control herself, but glanced one instant into the calm, fearless countenance of her brother, and bid her face in her hands, while a shndder shook her frame. Then came the heavy knock at the door again, and springing to a table, ui>on which were a decanter ot wine and glasses, aud hastily half filling a glass with sherry, the Rebel Ranger returned to his sister, and said quickly, '• Here Maud drink this—it will revive yon." As he spoke the library door was slowly opened, and there stepped just within the threshold a British officer in full uniform. At a glauce be recognized all, and he turned deadly pale, while a look of sadness swept over his handsome face. The officer was Lord St. John Covington, and in the lines of the British army he beheld a man whom he recoguized as the Rebel Ranger. Quickly closing the door behind him, the sound attracted the atten-tion of Morris and his sister. The former calmly folded his arms upon his breast and bowed haught-ily, while the latter cried in thrill-ing tones. •' Morris, my poor brother, you are lost!" "Captain Ashland, from my heart I feel for you—why were yon so imprudent T" and Lord Covington spoke with the deepest feeling in bis tones. " I am your prisoner, Lord Cov-ington, and your duty is plain," said the Rebel Ranger, calmly, while Maud stood gazing first upon her brother and then upon the English-man with an expression of anguish in her beautiful face that would have touched a heart of stone. " True, Captain Asbland, my duty calls upon me to arrest you not as a prisoner of war, but as a spy, for I see that you wear the continental uniform beneath your citizen's dress," and Lord Coving-ton poiuted to an openiug in the vest, through which a brass button was visible. The face of the Rebel Ranger never changed color, while he said, •' As a spy then I snppose I will be treated—" " Would be, Captain Ashland, was your actual presence here known. " 11 was reported to me that a man in a cloak came up from the Hudson river, attacked a sentinel, bound and gagged him, and in his coat and bat obtained the counter-sign from the next person passing by. " That person was myself, so the real sentinel told me, who lay pow-erless to move, near by, and the bold stranger then returued the soldier his coat, hat and musket, and came iu this direction. Oue who saw the affair, but could get no assistance to attempt the capture of the daring man, ran on after me, and 1 obtained a gaurd aud came in pursuit. " We tracked bim to this bouse, and knowing your adventurous nat-ure I at once thought it might be you, so I left my guard on the piazza, and have come in alone. " My duty, as you said, is plain ; but Captain Asbland, you saved my life and I will not be the one to lead you to the gallows as a spy—you know the password—retrace your steps, after fully disguising your-self, and at once leave the city, and for Heaven's sake, never place your-self again in such a position." Lord Covingtou ceased speaking, and the Rebel Ranger sprang for-ward and grasped his baud, while be said, warmly, " Colonel, you have proven your-self one the noblest of men. God grant that when this bitter war has ended we may be friends. " At your bands I accept my lite. and may I oue day prove my ap preciation ot your kindness tome." Maud also tried to speak, bnt her voice faltered, and she grasped Lord Covington's hand in both her own —the act showing how thankful she was; perhaps she knew the real cause of the Englishman's noble act. With a word of farewell, Lord Covington turned and left the room —a moment after the brother aud sister .heard the guard march away. To be Continued. [N. Y. Herald. 1 Prevention is Better than Cure Y'esterday we again took occasion to call attention to our cumbrous and dangerous method of counting Presidential votes. The present emergency unfortunately only too well confirms our statement as to the expediency of a constitutional amendment. It has, howerer, be-come necessary to deal with the evil as it now is, aud if there is realty-danger that votes in Florida, Lou-isiana or South Carolina have been falsely counted, the future peace and qniet of the country demand impartial and immediate investiga tiou iuto the charges which may be made. It must be discovered where aud by whom the alleged frauds have been committed before it is too late to prevent their disastrous con-sequences. The strength and the stability ot the incoming four years' administration depend upon the foundation upon which it now bases its right to exist, aud should one of the candidates be placed in the Pres-idential chair by any proceeding which can justly be termed unfair it is unlikely that the consequent dissatisfaction will be soon or easi-ly appeased. The almost equal strength of our two great political organizations points to the danger of suspected usurpation on the part of either, and it is as wrong ao it is unreasonable to remain blind to the risks of wrong dealiug in so vital a matter. Senator Morton submitted a re-port from the Committee on Privi-leges and Elections daring the first session of the Forty-third Congress, in which it is stated :—•• Where the choice of President depends upon the election in a State which has been publicly characterized by fraud or violence, and in which one party-is alleged to have triumphed and secured the certificates ot election by chicanery or the fraudulent in-terposition of courts, such a Presi-dent would iii advance be shorn of his moral power and authority in his office, would be looked upon as a usurper, aud the consequences that would result from such a state of things no man can predict. Bui it may be compared to what has so often occurred in history, where the successor to the crown iu a monar-chy was believed by a large part of the nation to be illegitimate, or not to be rightfully entitled thereto uu-ler the laws or usages of the na-tion."' This grave warning comes fromoneof the leadiug republican Senators, one of the foremost and most influential men of his party.— His words give us reason to hope that be and others of his party will place patriotism above part] and unite in condemnation ol any at-tempt should such be made, to ma nipulato the vote of a State in the interest of the republican candidate. Gov. Hampton to the People— A Temperate and Character-istic Address of Congratu-lation on the Victory. (Special Dispatch to News and Courier.) COLUMBIA, S. C, NOV. 10. The followiug address has just been issued: To the People of the State: In offering to oar people my heart-felt congratulations and grat-itude for the grand victory they have won, I venture to beg them to prove themselves worthy of it by a continued observance of good order and a rigid preservation of peace. Lei us show tbat we seek only the restoration of good govern-ment, the return of prosperity and the establishment of harmony to the whole people of our State. In the hour of victory we should be magnanimous, and we should strive to forget the animosities of the oon test by recalling the grand results of our success. Proscribing none for difference of opinion, regarding noue as enemies save sach as are inimcal to law and order, let us all unite in the patriotic work of re deeming the State. By such con duct wo can not only bring about good feeliug among all classes, but can most surely reap the fruits of victory. WADE HAMPTON. The Age of the Earth. Geologists are coming to the con-clusion that the age of the earth has beeu greatly over-estimated; that the changes of surface forma-tion and life have been going on for a much shorter period than the thirty million years generally ac-cepted a short time ago. In the first place, the rate at which the earth is throwing off heat shows that ten million years ago the sur-face was just beginning to consoli-date. In the second place, it has lately been discovered that, owing to the friction of the tides, the earth's rotation ia retarded twenty-two seconds in a century, aud lhat, if it bad beeu rotating for more than ten million years, it would be more flattened at the poles than it is. Iu the third place, tak-ing the generally accepted theory of the source of the sun's heat-that it is produced by condensation —it is shown that at the present rate of radiation, it cannot have been throwing off heat more than seventy million yean: but as this shows the time when the solar mass began to condense, the earth mast have hail a separate existence after that period. The conclusion is that geological changes of the earth's surface have not been going on more than twenty million years. Let Ua Have Peace. The Tribune yesterday, conceding the election of Mr. Tilden, made a timely and graceful announcement of its abandonment of partisan op-position to the new President and bis administration. " With last night's counting of the votes," says our contemporary. "Governor Oatmeal in the Household. Iu Great Britain children of all ranks are raised on au oatmeal diet aloue because it causes tbem to grow strong and healthful, aud no better food can possibly be fouud for them. It is also quite as de-sirable lor the student as tor the laborer, ami for the delicate lady and for her hardworking sister; indeed, all classes would be greatly benefited by its use, aud dyspepsia, with nil its manifold auuoyances, can be kept at a distauce. Oat-meal is more substantial food, it is said, than veal, poik or lamb, and quite equal to beef and mutton, giving as much or more mental vigor, while its groat desideratum consists in one's not becoming weary of it, lor it is ai welcome for break-fast or tea as is w heat or Graham bread. It can be eaten with syrup and butter as hasty pudding, or with cteau: and sugar like rice. It is especially good tor young mothers upon whose nervous forces too great a demand has been made, am' they lose the equilibrium of the I spirit and become depressed aud Tilden ceased to be the candidate | aispiritt-d. Oatmeal requires to be of a party ; to day he is elected , ,.„okl.(1 sl„wlT, and the water should President of the whole country— ,(e boj!illg not wueu it is stirred in. As such, aud until he has done something to forfeit his claim there-to, lie is entitled to our respect, confidence and support. However we may have doubted him or his party or his policy heretofore, let us now accept the situation and hope for the best." These senti-ments do honor to the Tribune, and Should receive the indorsement of the party press to whichever side attached. Governor Tilden as Presi-dent of the whole natiou, chosen by a fair majority of the people, or Governor Hayes in the same posi tion, loses his character as a par-tisan and becomes the Chief Magis-trate oi the Republic. It is the duty of American citizens and oi the American press to do all in theii power to strengthen the new Presi-dent's hands and to encourage him in a wise, honest uud patriotic policy, whether he be democratic or republican iu his political fai'h. The campaign, now happily ended, has been marred by personal at-tacks and indiscriminate abuse.— Let us hope that all this will now cease; tbat the fairness of the elec-tion will be conceded; that its re-sult will be accepted in good spirit, and that the next administration, whatever may be it.i political com-plexion, may do the best it can to make the whole Union prosperous, contented and happy. Let us have peace.—AVir York Herald. Solid Cider.—Who has not heard ot hard cider I But who has ever heard of solid cider? Well,we have. It is ou exhibitiou at Philadelphia. The water of the cider is all evapo-rated, leaving a subslauce looking something like dried glue. The solid residue of the cider is rolled around a wooden roller, like cloth, aud is ready for transportation across the ocean, or elsewhere. If liquor cider is wanted, a piece is cut off and water poured ou, when it is dissolved aud is ready to driuk, and it is said to be equal to the cider just from the press. It so happens that every twenty-j eight years the 4th of March, the day fixed for the inauguration of the President, falls ou Sunday. I This occurs next year for the fourth time in the history of our nation, and loliowing the precedent estab-lished by three of his predecessors, the new 1'resident will take the oath of office on Monday, the 5th of March. The first inauguration on the 5th of March was tbat of George Wash-ington on entering upon bis second term. The uext time the 4th of March fell upon Sunday was in 1821, when James Mouroe was the President elect for the second time, and lie. too, was inaugurated ou Monday, March 5. The third oc-currence ot this kind was in 1819, when Zaohary Taylor was inaugur-ated on Monday, the 5th of March. After uexl year inauguration day-will not tall ou .Sunday agaiu until 1003. The other day a would-be fash-ionable lady called at a neighbor's at what she thought would be sup-per time. " Come in," said the neighbor; "we are having a tableau." " I am so glad," said the visitor. " I thought I smelt 'em, and I like them_ better than any-thing for supper." It was a happy thought on the part of an Albany professional pen-men and card writer, when he found bimself incarcerated for druukei-nees, to address the Judge a beau-tifully written note, all covered over with flourishes, and birds and bronzed German text, appealing for an immediate trial. He got it, and ten days in jail besides. Wonder if the carpet-baggers wou't start back North as soon as the winter is over ; by the fourth of next March at any rate. The Debt to Mothers. Mothers live for their children, make self-sacrifices tor them, and manifest their tenderness and love so freely, that the name mother is the sweetest in human language. And yet sons, youthful and aged, know little ot the anxiety, the sleep less and painful solicitude which their mothers have spent over their thoughtless waywardness. Those loving hearts go dowu to their graves with agony untold. As the mother watches by night, or prays in privacy of her closet, she weighs well the words she will address to her son in order to lead him to a manhood of honor and usefulness. She will not tell him all her griefs and deadly fears whioh beset her soul. She warns him with tremb ling lest she say overmuch. She tries to charm him with cheery love while her very heart is bleeding. No worthy and successful man ever yet knew the breadth and depth of obligation which he is under to the mother who guided bis steps at the time when bis char acter for virtue and purity was so narrowly balanced against a coarse of vice and ignominy. Let the dutiful son do bis utmost to smooth his mother's pathway, let him obey as implicitly as he can her wishes and advice, let bim omit nothing tbat will contribute to her peace, rest and happiness, and yet be will part from her at the tomb with the debt to her net half-dis-charged. Dot Vos Mine Sohiokens AU-De-Vile. " Call John Schweitzerkase, or some such name," said His Honor to the Sergeant in the Fifty-seventh Street Police Court yesterday. " Schweitzerkase," said the Court (the man's name was only Sweetzer) " you are charged with bodly en-tering the chicken coop of the plain-tiff, Henry Soon, and abstracting therefrom in a felonious and illegal manner one chicken. What have yon to say f " I am au honest man, blease de Courts. I doue sbteale noddings. I baf allvays peen an honest man undt—" "I don't doubt it," said His Honor, " but come down to the chicken." "Veil, I looked dot schickena, Shndge, bud, so help me cbracbous, I raised dot schickens. I growed it from de egg. I foundt him iu a cage avay from mine bouse undt I said, ' Dot vas mine schickens, undt I tooked him one py dot cage." " But the plaintiff says it was his chicken," urged the Court. "I'll make a sebwear, Sbudge, dot dot schickens vos mine Bchick-ens; I raised bim, I did, undt 1 vill make sebwear to dot schick-ens." " This is a very important case," said His Honor, " and in order that the pedigree of tbat chicken be fully traced, I will adjourn further investigation to a week from next Monday." " Dot vos mine schickens all-do-vile," muttered Schweitzerkase, as he stepped down. FARMER'S COLUMN. A Change in the System of Farming—A Necessity. It mast be evident to every think-ing farmer, that a change in oar system of farming is now an abso-lute necessity. For several years past we have been planting cotton largely with the hope, tbat some-thing would turn up, which wonld give m better prices; but such has been the inoreased yield, under the improved methods of cultivation, that we can now see no prospect in future tor any change for the bet-ter. To make it for present prices, and purchase with ic our supplies is simply ruinous. What obanges are required, and bow are they to be made, are the questions which •very cotton producer is called up-on to consider. The answer is obvious. More pork, more cattle, more grain and more grass, and less cot ten For-tunately for our State especially, there is scarcely a neighborhood in which we may not profitably adopt the change. In our hilly, stiff soils, grasses aud the different kinds of grain may be grown to perfection, and the number of cattle and hogs may increase in the ratio of increase in those orops, and we thereby secure ; home supplies of meat, bread, but-ter, beef, and greatly increase oar facilties of enriching the soil. In the light sandy soils where corn cannot be grown with equal profit, many of the grasses grow luxuriantly and the pea crop and root orop, and especially the sweet potato, afford abundant facilties for the production of pork, while sheep and cattle may be raised with profit, and the wants of our people met without the aid of a Northern market. The truth is, were we to adopt these simple chan-ges in our system ot farming, the South would soon become the most prosperous portion ot our country. The truth is,we possess advantages, which, if properly appreciated and improved would soon enable us to rank among the most prosperous people of the earth—Farmer1* Friend. A Convenient Land Measure. To aid farmers in arriving at accuracy in estimating the amount of land iu different fields under cul-tivation, the loliowing table is given: Five yards wide by 968 long con-tains one acre. Ten yards wide by 481 long con-tains one acre. Twenty yards wide by 242 long contains one acre. Forty yards wide by 121 long contains one acre. Seventy yards wide by C9J long contains one acre. Eighty yards wide by 004 long contains one acre. Sixty feet wide by 720 long con tains one acre. 110 feet wide by 397 long con-tains one acre. 130 feet wide by 303 long con-tains one acre. 220 feet wide by 198 long con-tains one acre. 240 feet wide by 181 j loug con tains one acre. 440 feet wide by 99 long contains one acre. Raising Hogs. Hogs may be raised and fattened at much less cost thau is usually done in the South. It is the cus-tom among farmers to rely almost exclusively on the corn crib for their )>ork, and experience has taught them that it is cheaper to buy their meat thau to raise hogs in this way. But are there not cheaper meth-ods of raising pork ! Suppose that a vacant field was planted in peas, which can be done at a small cost, and hogs turned on as soon as they begin to ripen. Even a small field will sustain the hogs for a month or two, and give them a flue start in August. After said field has been grazed it may be seeded in wheat, and will produce nearly double the qnanity ot wheat it would bring without such prepara-tion, and by this time a field of corn may be gathered and hogs put upou the peas which have been grown among the corn, and also up-on potatoes raised for tbat special object, and by the time corn-fields and potato patches have been gleaned, a week or two upon corn will make fine pork at a very slight cost, aud es|iecially if we have had clover upou which to graze in the spring. By proper attention to the pea crop, the improvement of the land is nearly or quite equal to the cost of producing the peas, and pork may he had almost at a nomi-nal cost. This is no theory but has been fully tested by experience- Will the South buy pork hereafter with cotton at ten cents per pound. —Fanner'n Friend, Raleigh iV". V-Albert Rhodes has got himself into business. In the September Galaxy he thoughtlessly asked, " Shall we driuk wine t" And now postal cards are pouring iu upon him by thousands, beariug aflirma live answtrs, and asking him to name the time aud place. As for us, uot any, thauk you, Albert, but if you have any good old Bourbon in your flask, here's hoping. If the Church of Christ were what she ought to be, twenty years would not pass away ere the story of the cross would be uttered in the ear of every living man.—S. II. Calhoun. The same Bible that gives us the Ten Commandments, eujoins that charity which believeth all things. hopeth all things.—Guthrie. Some years ago a Highlander, being in Glasgow for the first time, one fine morning was amazed at the streams of people docking from all quarters toward the end of the Green, were they hanged the crimi nals. He asked a passenger what the folks expected to see down there. " A man is to be hanged this morning, sir," was the answer.— " O, poor man ! aud what are they going to hang him for V " Sheep-stealing, sir." "Tut, tnt! poor stupid man! Why did be not buy them and never pay for them t" Mexican banditti have stolen two million dollars worth of cattle from Texas since Jan. 1st. An opening for Gen. Sheridan—better than the the one he had in New Orleaus last winter. Thorough Culture- Nothing is mote essential to the highest success in raising crops ' than thorough preparation and cul- ' tivation ot the soil. Much is lost i for want of having the soil in good tilth before the seed is deposited in , it. When a plant is compelled to struggle for life during its earlier ' existence, it receives a shock that it cau never fully recover from. It the soil is well pulverized, it places withiu reach of the roots of the young plant a large amount of avail-able plant food, and it starts off in ' life with more vigor, and, like an animal that has been well fed du-ring its infancy, it is more capable of taking care of itself iu after life, than if stinted and half starved in its earlier life. Within reasona-ble limits an additional plowing or harrowing will often add many times its cost to the value of the ' crop. Many farm ers seem to think that all extra work in deep plowing and extra harrowing in preparing for a crop is so much la-bor thrown away ; but this extra la-borisjust what often determines the difference between success aud failure iu farming. Any labor put forth in frequent stirring of the soil among growing crops will lie found to be well expended. Not only clean culture but thorough culture should be the farmers motto.—L. J. TempUn in Ohio Farmer. Feed/or Coir*-A corresjiondent of the Country Gentleman writes: The most profitable teed for cows giving milk during the wiuter, and that used iu nearly all the best dair-ies producing milk for the New i York market, is a good quality of j wheat bran and corn meal, mixed I as follows : Eight pounds of bran and two of corn meal for eight cows daily. If the above can be thor-oughly cooked with cut hay, it in-creases its value about one-fifth by 1 actual experiment. I produced ! from fifty cows .V'O quarts of milk daily ou ten pounds of feed mixed as above and thoroughly cooked. Profits of Shci-p—Last year Mr. John T. Ross, of Loudouu county, 1 Va., bought nine hundred dollars ! worth of sheep, among them two hundred and thirty five ewes. These be divided at lambing time I into four flocks, which he watched j with tender care, and the result is | that he raised two hundred and sev- I enty eight lambs, and for the lambs ■ and the wool he obtained $1,240. or I $138.44 for each one hundred dol-lars invested.
Object Description
Title | The Greensboro patriot [November 22, 1876] |
Date | 1876-11-22 |
Editor(s) |
Duffy, P.F. Albright, James W. |
Subject headings | Greensboro (N.C.)--Newspapers |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The November 22, 1876, issue of The Greensboro Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C. by Duffy and Albright. |
Type | Text |
Original format | Newspapers |
Original publisher | Greensboro, N.C. : Duffy and Albright |
Language | eng |
Contributing institution | UNCG University Libraries |
Newspaper name | The Greensboro Patriot |
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Additional rights information | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. |
Object ID | patriot-1876-11-22 |
Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 |
Digitized by | Creekside Media |
Sponsor | Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation |
OCLC number | 889949523 |
Page/Item Description
Title | Page 1 |
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